Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-09
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. AT CHICAGO JUNE l9 The Republican Convention
 ss, Will Meet. LIVE TOPICS OF THE HOUR Discussed By The EvangeI-
 icaI Alliance. HERR MOST GETS ONE YEAR. Typhoid Fever At Williams
 College.
HERR MOST GETS ONE YEAR.
A CONTEST OF MANY CITIES

l Assemble June 19.
 l WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The Republican
 National committee was called to order al
 eleven o'clock this morning at the Arlington hotel by B. F. Jones of Pennsylvania, itE chairman, Samuel Fessenden of Connecticut
 acting as secretary. MT: Jones said:
 GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: As stated in the
 ing time an place for holding the next Republican matters as may properly be brought before it.. As
 remotely m Wtn the ] action to day may have far reaching results: we
 wisely - | We may congratulate ourselves on the improved
 prospects of the Republican party since the Nation al committee m. in this city four years ago for that time the majority against the Republican party in the North at the last preceding general
 housand The great States of New @ York Fem | sylvania and Ohio had Democratic governors New
 Was @ reduced for the same candidate in the presi-
 dental election to less than LOO Though by acci
 denev 'an and the prestige of success the signs
 are suspicious fer the election of a Repub;
 by twenty-five years of the prevalence of Republi-
 can principles has not yet lost it's force and the
 material interests of the country still prosper
 ous as the result of Republican industrial legisla- tion Recent utterances, however indicate deter tion forced upon the country by administration
 hostile to American industry; an9 also lpdlcats the party in the national government, so that Amer1-
 eapaR %t6 iron %0Gn ang ana may have continued prosperity and the employees in
 these lnoEssr1es const1h h @ sia L SnT uon should receive.
 The roll was then called, and every State and Territory, with one or two exceptions, was represented by delegate or proxy. A committee of three members of the Repub- I lican National league renewed the invitation tendered by the league to the committee to hold it's meetings at the league headquarters, and the invitation was accepted. The com mittee then adjourned to reassemble at the league club house.
 When Chairman Jones again called the mem bers to order in their new quarters an informal discussion ensued as to the time which should be allowed to the representa- tiyes of the various cities which are compet- ing for the prize of holding the next Repub- lican convention to present their respective claims It was finally decided that fifteen minutes should be accorded to each delega- ton and the first delegation was that from the State of Minnesota. Their spokesman was ex-Senator Windom, who gave the req sons why he thought that Minneapolis should be favored by the committee. MT. Windom guaranteed that the travelling expenses of the delegates should not be greater than if they went to Chicago and promised hotel ac- commodation for forty thousand people and
 hall wikh & seating capacity for eleven thousand people, with headquarters for
 every State and territory in the same build ing The Northwest was not as sound on
 the question of protection as it ought to be,
 and as the President had made this issue in
 his message the convention ought to be held in the section where it would do the most good.
 General T. B. Henderson of Missouri, speaking for a large St. Louis delegation,
 presented the plans of the grand Music Hali E.. 4I, oik x1Io oh ooTlId he had nf three halls accommodating respectively eigh- teen thousand, fifteen thousand and eleven thousand, The hall and railroad facilities of the city were unexcelled and the press had promised to treat fairly all candidates put forward by the convention. Missouri Repub- licans hoped to carry the State for their party at the next election, but needed encourage ment in the fight they were making. Colonel D. P. Dyer also spoke for St. Louis.
 After an hours recess the committee ls- tened to Mayor Roche's arguments in favor of Chicago. He detailed tho conveniences of the city, which surpassed those of any other city, and said she was prepared to do as much and even more than she had done for the convention four years ago. He, as mayor. would be pleased to have the convention meet in city that had grown to be what she was under the protecting influence of tariff. Senator Cullon also cracked up Chicago.
 Senator Manderson spoke of Omaha. "that young giant of municipality situated in the heart of continent and upon the banks of the greatest river in the world" If the con vention would only come there the delegates would realize that the gentlemen here repre- senting Omaha had been characterized by an immoderate degree of modesty. The greatWest
 was missionary ground for the magnificent issue which the enemy forced upon the party and the East should be willing to have the convention held there. The city of Omaha was ready to supply each presidential candi- date headquarters free of charge and all other facilities would be furnished. Everything we have is yours if you want it, exclaimed the speaker. If you want more than we offer
 vou say so We want this convention and
 we want 1t badly.
 Congressman Butterworth presented the claims of Cincinnati. The accommodations
 promised stood second to no other city, he
 said, the Music Hall having capacity of F. 600 people exclusive of the stage. The State was united in inviting the convention to Gin cinnati The associations of the place made it appropriate that it should be chosen. Al most in the shadow of the tall building in which the convention would assemble old Tippecanoe lay buried and to the north lay the remains of Tom Corwin. Within the limits of Cincinnati Salmon P. Chase, who first represented aggressive Re- publicanism in the United States Senate, slept his last sleep. If there was any in spiration to be found in the surroundings it
 
 stead seconded Mir. Butterworth in his praises of Cincinnati. He felt qualified and authorized to say the Republican papers would treat all candidates of the Republican party with absolute courtesy and show them perfectly fair play. In urging the claims of Ohio he asserted that the most brilliant Re- publican victories won since the evil days Of the Democratic administration were won in that State. And Republicans coming to Cincinnati would find the city government in the hands of their friends. The element of mugwumpery had been extinguished so that Cincinnati was troubled with it no more. The simple truth was that the Republican ticket would get better send-off from Gin cinnati than from any other city in the Union.
 The Philadelphia cohort of thirty members put forward Congressman Henry Bingham ] as their spokesman He briefly referred to the facilities which could be offered by the city, stating that it was not necessary for him to 20 into well known details or to in ! troduce Philadelphia to gathering of Re- pubIicans. Philadelphia and Pennsylvania had given the banner majority in the last election and would give just as big one in | 19S8-or greater if need be-whether the con- vention came 10 Philadelphia or went else~ | where In the contests of the past Phila- ! delphia had never been backward in making generous contributions for the prosecution of | the campaign, and she would not be back f ward III the COm1Q& COuScebs 4Ao WA5AC0 tG emphasize the fact that there was in Penn | sylvania no candidate for president The newspapers were cosmopolitan and metropoli- | tan and would treat the convention fairly. | As one who had attended conventions he gave it as his experience that business was
 delayed by reason ar0 of assembling g. in o aceTy | large hall. In 1872 the business of the con- \ vention had been expeditions, but in Chicago | it had been delayed because of the uncon- \ trolled crowd that assembled in the hall. He conceded that RPennsylvania was safe in it's | fidelity to the party, but MT. Cleveland had seen proper to outline the issue of the cam paign and that issue must he met. The issue typifed antagonism to the Presidents utter ance. Mr. Smith, of Baltimore, on behalf of
 the Republicans of Maryland heartily endoFs, g PhiIadeIphia, as he believed that the holding of the convention at that placs would help
 his comrades in the fight and make Balti-
 more, assshe ought to be, Republican city. lC. Elan of Richmond, Va, presented an | argument in favor of the Republican party